Aside: Please refer to our UNGA 2024 webpage for additional post-HLM notes and updates. 28 Oct 2024 addendum and another way to get a view of the day: Hosted by Cesar Arias, Editor-in-Chief of Antimicrobial Agents and Therapy, John and Prabha Fernandes recorded a podcast discussion of the HLM. Dear All (and with thanks to Damiano
Dear All (and with thanks to Damiano for co-authoring), We have exciting news from the G7 Health Ministers’ Meeting, which was held in person in Ancona on 9-11 October 2024, and the accompanying G7 Joint Finance and Health Ministers’ Meeting, which took place in a hybrid format on 10 October 2024. At the press conference closing
Dear All (and with thanks to Kevin for co-authoring and also a wonkish alert … get your coffee and settle in for the details), If you’ve been around the antibiotic ecosystem for a while, you’ve hopefully heard the story of the 2019 bankruptcy of Achaogen and the subsequent loss to the entire world of its
Dear All, Just in time for the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AMR, the team behind the global burden of disease (GBD) estimates which we’ve discussed previously has released an excellent new report! Here are the links you need: The new report: “Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance 1990–2021: a systematic analysis with
Dear All, Greetings from Porto (Portugal) where we’ve just ended the 2024 edition of the ESCMID-ASM Developer’s Meeting .. a superb congress with contributions from EMA, FDA, young investigators, older investigators, and points between. I enjoyed meeting so many of you this week! Three items today, all on the path to next week’s United Nations General Assembly High-Level
Dear All, I have just learned that in parallel with the 26 Sep 2024 High-Level Meeting on AMR at the UN General Assembly, a day of virtual advocacy in support of PASTEUR is being organized by The Infectious Diseases Society of America, BIO, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Partnership to Fight Infectious Diseases, and The Pew Charitable
Dear All, The AMR HLM (High-Level Meeting) at the UN General Assembly starts at 10a ET today. You can watch it here on UN TV: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k11/k11knc6w2t Addendum: It’s available for replay at that same link. See also the 1 Oct 2024 newsletter for a review of the HLM. All best wishes, –jr John H. Rex, MD
Dear All, A new paper from Anthony McDonnell and a team led by the Center for Global Development extends estimates of the health-related impact of AMR (e.g., death) to a consideration of the economic ($) cost of AMR. To follow the plot, here are the links you will need: The new paper: “Forecasting the Fallout
Dear All (and with thanks to Kevin for co-authoring), Building on their excellent analysis of the value over 30 years (29 Nov 2022 newsletter) to the United States as well the value to the entire globe of a PASTEUR-style pull that creates 18 new qualifying antibiotics, Bonnifield and Towse have now released country-by-country analyses using the
Dear All (and with thanks to Kevin Outterson for being lead author on this newsletter), (wonkish alert on this one … refresh your coffee and dig in!) Bonnifield and Towse of the Center for Global Development have released a blog post and a paper estimating the potential impact of the PASTEUR Act. Here’s what you need: